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0. B. HEADLY. PROCESS OF MOUNTING METALLIC ORNAMENTS ON ROUGHENED SURFACES. No. 432,940: Patented July 22, 1890.

u mmnllnlllrm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. IIEADLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE HEADLY dz CARROIV MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PROCESS OF MOUNTING MET ALLIC ORNAMENTS N ROUGHENED SURFACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,940, dated July 22, 1890.

Application filed May 3, 1890. Serial No. 350,429. (No modehI To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HEADLY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im provcments in the Process of Mounting Metallic Ornaments on Roughened Surfaces, of which the following isaspecification.

The object of my invention is to mount metallic ornaments on roughened surfaces, my

invention being especially applicable to the roughened or uneven handles of umbrellas, canes, parasols, and like articles, such, for instance, as handles made of wood in the natural state. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the metallic plate in the fiat condition ready to be applied to the handle of an umbrella or cane. Fig. 2 is a view showing the application of the plate to the handle. Fig. 3 is a View of the plate after being bent and shaped to conform to the stick and buffed ready to be plated. Fig. 4. shows the cap made from the plate after he- 2 5 ing plated and finished and permanently secured to the stick. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are views illustrating the different steps in apply ing a different form of plate to the handle, and Fig. 9 is a view showing the application 0 of the plate to the base of the handle.

By the process which I will now proceed to describe I am enabled to make the ornamented metallic caps and plates for roughhandled canes and umbrellas and like ar- 3 5 ticles ina very cheap and acceptable manner, the goods being made out of inferior metal plated with more expensive metal either before or after being fitted to the handle and soldered, the plating covering all joints and irregularities.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and dot the drawings, A is a casting of white metal or other suitable alloy. This plate is provided with two wings a 0b of a length greater than the circumference of the largest handle of an umbrella or cane. This casting is in the rough and is fitted to the uneven surface of the handle, as shown in Fig. 2, the ends a a being bent around the handle and cut off the required length, and a cap Z) is fitted to the end, as shown in Fig. 2. After the cap thus formed by the plate is removed from the handle, the ends a a are soldered together and the cap I) is soldered to the plate. The edge is then trimmed down and the entire cap buffed, after which it is plated either with gold or silver, and after again being buffed is applied to the handle to which it was originally fitted, as shown in Fig. 4. Thus it will be seen that a handle can be accurately and quickly fitted with the necessary ornamental cap with the least possible cost.

IVhen a scroll or other plate is to be secured to the body of the handle, as shown in Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, the plate is first cast as shown in Fig. 5, then bent around and fitted to the body of the handle, being pressed around the projections thereon, then removed, plated, and returned and applied to the stick to which it was originally fitted, as shown in Fig. 8.

The cap may be mounted on the base of the handle, as shown in Fig. 9, the cap I) in this case being perforated to allow .for the passage of the stick. The design of the plate A may be varied without departing from my invention.

It will be understood that I do not limit my invention to the mounting of metallic ornaments 011 handles of canes and umbrellas, as the roughened surfaces of furniture or boxes may be fitted in the same manner.

I claim as my invention 1. The process herein described of mountin g metallic ornaments on roughened surfaces, said process consisting in first casting the plate forming the ornament flat; second, fitting said plate to the roughened surface; third, removing the plates from the roughened surface and electroplating the formed plate, and, finally, securing the plate to the surface to which it was originally fitted, substantially as described.

2. The process herein described of mounting a metallic ornament on the roughened handle of an umbrella, cane, or like article, said process consisting in first casting the plate to the desired outline of ornamentation with wings or extensions, fittingthe said plate In testimony whereof I have signed my to the handle, cutting the wings or extensions name to this specification in the presence of to the desired length, soldering the two ends two subscribing Witnesses.

of the plate together, buffing, electroplating, CHARLES B. I-IEADLY. 5 and finally mounting and securing the plate Vitnesses:

to the handle to which it was originally fitted, HENRY HOW SON,

substantially as described, HARRY SMITH. 

